Bhuvan: Indian Version of Google Earth by ISRO

by OldSailor on August 13, 2009

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched Bhuvan, an Indian equivalent of Google Earth on August 12.‘Bhuvan’ means ‘Earth’ in Sanskrit. The launch of Bhuvan coincides with the 90th birth day of Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the great visionary of Indian space program. The beta version of Bhuvan was launched by Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Prithviraj Chavan in New Delhi at a function organized by Astronautical Society of India.
Some interesting features of Bhuvan are:

A free web based geoportal with medium to high resolution Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite imagery superimposed over entire India on 3D globe.

Bhuvan Plug-in is needed to use the application and the same can be downloaded from the Bhuvan website.